Publications of the Department Ornithology

Bertucci, F.; Feeney, W. E.; Cowan, Z.-L.; Gache, C.; Moussa, R. M.; Berthe, C.; Minier, L.; Bambridge, T.; Lecchini, D.: Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on the observed density of coral reef fish along coastal habitats of Moorea, French Polynesia. Regional Environmental Change 23 (1), 16 (2023)

Besson, M.; Feeney, W. E.; Gache, C.; O’Brien, D. A.; Berthe, C.; Cowan, Z.-L.; Brooker, R. M.; Laudet, V.; Lecchini, D.: Anemone bleaching impacts the larval recruitment success of an anemone-associated fish. Coral Reefs 42 (1), pp. 195 - 203 (2023)

Call, M. N.; Wilke, A. L.; Poulton, Z.; Boettcher, R.; Karpanty, S. M.; Kwon, E.; Lipford, A.; Gardner, E. D.; Anderson, L.; Fraser, J. D. et al.; Catlin, D. H.; Wails, C. N.: Comparing in-person versus camera monitoring of shorebird reproductive success. Waterbirds 45 (3), pp. 312 - 327 (2023)

Cowan, Z.-L.; Brooker, R. M.; Gasc, J.; Gache, C.; Lecchini, D.; Feeney, W. E.: Targeted census of lionfishes (Scorpaenidae) reveals high densities in their native range. Journal of Fish Biology 102 (2), pp. 532 - 536 (2023)

Delhey, K.; Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Kempenaers, B.: The evolution of carotenoid-based plumage colours in passerine birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (1), pp. 66 - 77 (2023)

Delhey, K.; Valcu, M.; Muck, C.; Dale, J.; Kempenaers, B.: Evolutionary predictors of the specific colors of birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (34), e2217692120 (2023)

Eastwood, J. R.; Dupoué, A.; Delhey, K.; Verhulst, S.; Cockburn, A.; Peters, A.: When does early-life telomere length predict survival? A case study and meta-analysis. Molecular Ecology 32 (11), pp. 3000 - 3013 (2023)

Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Rodrigues, L. F.; Krietsch, J.; Eberhart-Hertel, A. G.; Cruz-López, M.; Vazquez-Rojas, K. A.; González-Medina, E.; Schroeder, J.; Küpper, C.: Egg size variation in the context of polyandry: A case study using long-term field data from snowy plovers. Evolution: International journal of organic evolution 77 (12), pp. 2590 - 2605 (2023)

Evens, R.; Lathouwers, M.; Pradervand, J.-N.; Jechow, A.; Kyba, C. C. M.; Shatwell, T.; Jacot, A.; Ulenaers, E.; Kempenaers, B.; Eens, M.: Skyglow relieves a crepuscular bird from visual constraints on being active. Science of the Total Environment 900, 165760 (2023)

Kwon, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Lack of breeding site fidelity and mate fidelity in an enigmatic socially monogamous shorebird. Animal Behaviour 204, pp. 1 - 12 (2023)

Mueller, J. C.; Schlebusch, S. A.; Pei, Y.; Poignet, M.; Vontzou, N.; Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Albrecht, T.; Reifova, R.; Forstmeier, W.; Suh, A. et al.; Kempenaers, B.: Micro germline-restricted chromosome in blue tits: Evidence for meiotic functions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40 (5), msad096 (2023)

Pei, Y.; Forstmeier, W.; Knief, U.; Kempenaers, B.: Weak antagonistic fitness effects can maintain an inversion polymorphism. Molecular Ecology 32 (13), pp. 3575 - 3585 (2023)

Perkins, M.; Stenhouse, I. J.; Lanctot, R. B.; Brown, S.; Bety, J.; Boldenow, M.; Cunningham, J.; English, W.; Gates, R.; Gilchrist, H. G. et al.; Giroux, M.-A.; Grond, K.; Hill, B.; Kwon, E.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Lank, D. B.; Lecomte, N.; Pavlik, D.; Rausch, J.; Regan, K.; Robards, M.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Smith, F.; Smith, P. A.; Wilkinson, B.; Woodard, P.; Basu, N.: Factors influencing mercury exposure in Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Ecotoxicology 32 (8), pp. 1062 - 1083 (2023)

Prüter, H.; Gillingham, M. A. F.; Krietsch, J.; Kuhn, S.; Kempenaers, B.: Sexual transmission may drive pair similarity of the cloacal microbiome in a polyandrous species. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (8), pp. 1639 - 1657 (2023)

Sadanandan, K. R.; Tan, H. Z.; Lim, H. Y.; Tan, Y. G.; Lee, G.; Chan, L.; Pei, Y.; Rheindt, F. E.; Baldwin, M. W.: Spatial and temporal resource partitioning in a mixed-species colony of avian echolocators. Ecology and Evolution 13 (2), e9805 (2023)

Santangeli, A.; Haukka, A.; Morris, W.; Arkkila, S.; Delhey, K.; Kempenaers, B.; Valcu, M.; Dale, J.; Lehikoinen, A.; Mammola, S.: What drives our aesthetic attraction to birds? npj Biodiversity 2 (1), 20 (2023)

Santema, P.; Eberhart-Hertel, L. J.; Valcu, M.; Kempenaers, B.: Sexual selection for extreme physical performance in a polygynous bird is associated with exceptional sex differences in oxygen carrying capacity. Biology Letters 19 (11), 20230391 (2023)

Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Patterns of extra-territorial nest-box visits in a songbird suggest a role in extrapair mating. Behavioral Ecology 34 (1), pp. 150 - 159 (2023)

Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimentally advancing morning emergence time does not increase extra-pair siring success in blue tit males. Behavioral Ecology 34 (3), pp. 346 - 353 (2023)

Schlicht, E.; Kempenaers, B.: Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36 (9), pp. 1213 - 1225 (2023)

Schlicht, L.; Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: Start and end of daily activity predict extrapair siring success independently of age in male blue tits. Animal Behaviour 198, pp. 21 - 31 (2023)

Schlicht, L.; Schlicht, E.; Santema, P.; Kempenaers, B.: A dawn and dusk chorus will emerge if males sing in the absence of their mate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2011), 20232266 (2023)

Teltscher, K. L.; Kempenaers, B.: Genotyping blastoderms of avian eggs. Ecology and Evolution 13 (12), e10821 (2023)

Valcu, M.; Valcu, C.-M.; Kempenaers, B.: Extra-pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36 (5), pp. 764 - 779 (2023)

Vontzou, N.; Pei, Y.; Mueller, J. C.; Reifová, R.; Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Schlebusch, S. A.; Suh, A.: Songbird germline-restricted chromosome as a potential arena of genetic conflicts. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 83, 102113 (2023)

Vriend, S. J. G.; Grotan, V.; Gamelon, M.; Adriaensen, F.; Ahola, M. P.; Alvarez, E.; Bailey, L. D.; Barba, E.; Bouvier, J.-C.; Burgess, M. D. et al.; Bushuev, A.; Camacho, C.; Canal, D.; Charmantier, A.; Cole, E. F.; Cusimano, C.; Doligez, B. F.; Drobniak, S. M.; Dubiec, A.; Eens, M.; Eeva, T.; Erikstad, K. E.; Ferns, P. N.; Goodenough, A. E.; Hartley, I. R.; Hinsley, S. A.; Ivankina, E.; Juskaitis, R.; Kempenaers, B.; Kerimov, A. B.; Kalas, J. A.; Lavigne, C.; Leivits, A.; Mainwaring, M. C.; Martinez-Padilla, J.; Matthysen, E.; van Oers, K.; Orell, M.; Pinxten, R.; Reiertsen, T. K.; Rytkonen, S.; Senar, J. C.; Sheldon, B. C.; Sorace, A.; Torok, J.; Vatka, E.; Visser, M. E.; Saether, B.-E.: Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines. Ecology 104 (2), e3908 (2023)

Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Li, J.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Brood parasitism risk drives birds to breed near humans. Current Biology 33 (6), pp. 1125 - 1129.e3 (2023)

Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Lin, Z.; Yang, L.; Liu, M.; Li, J.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Experimental evidence that cuckoos choose host nests following an egg matching strategy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (1993), 20222094 (2023)

Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Lin, Z.; Yang, L.; Liu, M.; Li, J.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Differences in the costs and benefits of choosiness may explain variation in cuckoo egg-matching strategy: A reply to Wang and Liang (2023). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2006), 20231219 (2023)